Villanova Univeristy Athletics

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
BIG EAST Championship All-Tournament Team	2024
BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll	2024: April 22
BIG EAST All-Academic Team	2020-21, 2022-23, 2023-24
Athletic Director's Honor Roll	Spring 2021, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024

Career: Finished out her Villanova career as the ace of the pitching staff in her final campaign … Pitched 125.1 innings as a Wildcat with 144 strikeouts and a 12-6 record in 24 games started and 47 total appearances … Earned All-Tournament Team at the 2024 BIG EAST Championship as the winning pitcher in Villanova's third title in four years … Made 15 career pitching appearances and played in three games as an offensive player prior to her final season … Doubled her career output with nine appearances in 2023 … Started her first collegiate appearance against Notre Dame as a freshman and made a start as the offensive player against Liberty during the same weekend … Went 1-for-6 at the plate with a run scored, a walk and three strikeouts … Earned three spots on the BIG EAST All-Academic Team and landed on the Athletic Director's Honor Roll in four semesters.

2024: Became the ace of the Villanova pitching staff in her senior season … Led the staff with 102.2 innings pitched, 119 strikeouts, .232 batting average against and a 12-5 record in the circle … Faced 471 total batters in 21 starts with three complete games … Racked up eight strikeouts in five-plus innings of relief against George Mason … Earned her first win of the year in a one-run, seven-strikeout complete-game effort against Michigan State on Feb. 24 … Dominated in BIG EAST play with eight wins … Struck out a career-high 12 in a complete-game win at DePaul … Tallied her second double-digit strikeout effort in one week at Connecticut with 10 punchouts … Earned BIG EAST All-Tournament Team as the winning pitcher in a six-strikeout, one-run championship game against Creighton … Threw one inning in the NCAA Tournament against Arizona.

2023: Made nine appearances in the circle with two games started for the Wildcats … Pitched 13.2 innings, allowing 15 hits, 10 earned runs and 11 walks while striking out 15 … Compiled a .268 batting average against … Appeared in relief for Villanova seven times on the year … The Long Island native started her first game of the season close to home, tossing four innings of no-hit ball against Hofstra … Received the start against Princeton, striking out two and putting up 74 pitches.

 
2022: Made three pitching appearances and logged 6 1/3 innings in the circle … Struck out six batters while allowing 13 hits and eight earned runs … Pitched a career-high five innings and had a career-high four strikeouts in that appearance … Worked 1 1/3 innings at Princeton and struck out two … Pinch hit during the St. John’s series and delivered a single for her first collegiate hit … Earlier in the year appeared as an offensive player against Charlotte and was 0-for-1 with a walk and a run scored during the game.
 
2021: Appeared in three games with one start during her freshman season … Logged 2 2/3 innings on the mound and had four strikeouts while facing 22 batters … Was charged with eight hits and 11 runs (nine earned) allowed while walking five … Started her collegiate debut against Notre Dame on February 27 … Made relief appearances against Hofstra on March 7 and Connecticut on May 9 in the regular season finale … As a batter went 0-for-4, including starting as the designated player at Liberty and taking a plate appearance against Connecticut in the BIG EAST Championship … Recorded an assist on her only fielding chance of the season in the pitching appearance against Hofstra.
 
Saint Anthony’s High School: Earned four varsity letters in softball … Earned all-state honors as a sophomore … Three-time all-league honoree and two-time All-Long Island performer … Achieved Honor Roll status academically all four years … Winner of the St. Bonaventure Award as a senior and the Duns Scotus Award as a sophomore.
 
Personal: Born 7/26/02 in West Babylon, N.Y. … Older of two daughters of William and Lisa Seidler … Has a younger sister, Ashlee … Hobbies include playing softball and going to the beach … Chose to attend Villanova because she loved the community and the campus … Noted that she couldn’t see herself attending a different school or playing for a different softball team and coaching staff … Nursing major.